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In 1912, while on his honeymoon on Campobello Island in the Canadian Maritimes, hydrologist and dam engineer Dexter P. Cooper had an epiphany. He envisioned a massive dam - one that stretched from the Canadian mainland to Eastport, Maine - and from Pleasant Point, Maine down Passamaquoddy Bay to Lubec. If built, his dam would generate a million megawatts of renewable energy daily! This dam would eventually be known as "The Quoddy Dam."Book 1, The Dam Builders, is the prelude to Dexter's efforts to build his massive, tidal-driven dam in Downeast Maine. Before building his "Quoddy Dam," Dexter helped build one of the world's largest dams on the Mississippi River at Keokuk, Iowa. He was also involved in building dams on the Tennessee River at Muscle Shoals in Alabama; on the Zumbro River near Rochester, Minnesota - and on the Nile River at Aswan, Egypt.During the thirteen years that elapsed between the time that Dexter first imagined his Quoddy Dam - and the time he started building his dream dam - the United States and the world went through many profound changes. The United States entered World War I; the country's economy soared during the "Roaring 20s;" jazz was introduced; women demanded equal rights; Prohibition prohibited the sale of alcohol; morals and mores changed - with the effect of those changes still evident today. These events serve as a backdrop that explains the life and times of the book's main characters.The Dam Builders also introduces Dexter's wife Gertie; Dexter's brother Hugh Cooper; and a cast of characters from Maine who, in later books become key players in Dexter's attempt to build the Quoddy Dam. "The Mainers" shed light on the Maine attitudes and mores at the beginning of the 20th Century. Book 1 also introduces Franklin Delano Roosevelt (FDR), the 32nd president of the United States, who actually owned a "cottage" on Campobello Island - and who crossed paths with Dexter Cooper long before he became president. FDR will play a central role in the final book of the series: Book 4: The Quoddy Dams."To learn understand who Dexter P. Cooper really was - and to understand how the events of the day influenced his life and future actions - Book 1 is a must read in the "Stewards of the Bay" series.